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Entries from July 31st, 2008

God gave people ears but they can hear what they want to hear

July 31st, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

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FCC probably can’t police Comcast’s BitTorrent throttling – cnet
NY: 50 Percent of Sequoia Voting Machines Flawed – wired
Sprint Loses ‘Early Termination’ Case, Must Pay $73 Million – cnet
Those privacy-hating Chinese communist tyrants – Salon
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like buying a new house because you don’t want to clean your toilet.

July 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Almost Everything – dbyrne
  The Federal Pie Chart  National Priorities Project

Why Do Voters Reward Poor Disaster Preparedness?
For Some Products, Prices Have Been Falling – carpediem
‘Green energy’ wine arrives in Ireland on 108-year-old ship – telegraph
 - freakonomics

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Human experience is the victory of hope over experience

July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Mentoring Around the Diamond – mgmtbybaseball

Physicists step up with pop fly theory – canada
Baseball Project a witty side project – azcentral
Cuban-owned Cubs would be good for baseball – sfgate
Madison agency to look at bats – jsonline
Does Small Ball Work? No, Not Really. – dugoutcentral
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a middle-finger thrust at commercial disposabilty

July 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Constitutional Expert: FISA bill ‘is an evisceration of the Fourth Amendment‘
Traders manipulated oil prices – cnn.money
 - rawstory

Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt
Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy
Too Big to Fail?
 - nytimes

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 Modern Music – Die Soldaten – dbyrne
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the right balance between healthy optimism and delusion

July 18th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

U-turn blues – jcarroll
We’ve been given the keys to an untrained pit bull,…

The art of the tart – sfgate
CA legislature approves bill banning trans fats – sfgate
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Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In – theonion

Can the band play on? – austinchronicle
King Khan and [...]

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young pitchers will break your heart

July 17th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Zoom Service: Yankee Stadium GigaPan
Ichiroís speech to All-Stars revealed – jpassan
It Might Be Dangerous… You Go First – pdepodesta
Sports Media Accuracy Power Rankings: Mid-season baseball report – whereistand
10 questions for MLB’s 2nd half – foxsports
Handing out the first-half hardware – dperry
The Midseason [...]

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Balancing repetition and novelty is critical

July 12th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Perfection? Hint: Itís Warm and Has a Secret – nytimes
The 11 Best Foods You Arenít Eating – well nytimes
  Sommeliers in the vineyard – sfgate
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp At night they pour your wine, and by day they make it

Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify on Hill – nytimes

Bob Log III [...]

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It’s easy to be heavy; hard to be light.

July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

  Power Top Ten – Midyear Ed. – blefsetz
  Q&A with John Darnielle on his new Black Sabbath novella – nerve
  Fighting for the right to party – sfbg
  SubPop 20 best – pitchfork
  Johnossi – All They Ever Wanted
  Battle of the Bay Area concert promoters – sfgate
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if everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough

July 10th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Bringing Down Bear Stearns – vanityfair

Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug – sfgate

Pop Chart Database Blows Music Geeksí Minds – utne
Interview: Mark Arm – pitchfork

Red Sox Nation or Rays Republic? – page2
Notebook: Will Dodgers ever make a move? – krosenthal
A conversation with [...]

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Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits.

July 7th, 2008 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

This sub’s for you – jcarroll
“I’ll have the, uh, Tahitian Orchid Orgasm, please.”

Savvy Brewers turn prospects into ace Sabathia – krosenthal
Dare to Dream? – sfgate
Pitcher perfect, just as planned – sfgate
All-Star team a mix of no-brainers, close calls – krosenthal
The blogger with the best ERA [...]

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